Definitions
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Word origin
Borrowed from French savant, from Latin sapiō. Doublet of sapient. Sense 3 is a clipping of idiot savant, literally ‘wise idiot’.
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01“Brilliant expert”6 letters
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